"One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121)"

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Source : Edward Conze (1959). “Buddhist Scriptures”, [Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; Baltimore] : Penguin Books

Edward Conze

#Intention Quotes #Should Quotes #Behinds Quotes

“No doubt, a scientist isn't necessarily penalized for being a complex, versatile, eccentric individual with lots of extra-scientific interests. But it certainly doesn't help him a bit.”
“No man commits evil for the sake of it; even the Devil himself has some farther design in sinning, than barely the wicked part of it.”
“While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland's work on climate change.”

Source : "While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland's work on climate change". www.forbes.com. March 1, 2012.
“To be an artist, you have to nurture the things that most people discard.”
“I think everyone goes through chapters in their life and there was a time when I wasn't feeling terribly positive about what I was contributing to film, or wasn't feeling as if I was going in the direction I wanted and I re-evaluated what I was doing.”
“It having been a very cold night last night I had got some cold, and so in pain by wind, and a sure precursor of pain is sudden letting off farts, and when that stops, then my passages stop and my pain begins”

Source : Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (1985). “The Shorter Pepys”, p.397, Univ of California Press
“Why are you weeping ? Did you imagine that I was immortal ?”
“We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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